You'll see your Account Name has been changed. You'll see an alert saying, "_Do you want to sign out now?" in summary at this stage. To change only Full name (Account Name), change it on this window, then click OK. You see your User Name, I mean your User Folder Name, and Full Name, also called Account Name. If the button were disabled, Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option were unchecked. Select yours, then click Properties button. You'll see the users in your PC in the Users for this computer list. Press Windows + R combination on your keyboard to open Run window. To change both of them, follow all steps respectively.Ĭhanging Account Name and User Name share the first three steps: However, if you want to change only User Name, follow the 25 steps under the Changing User (Folder) Name title after performing the common steps. Thus, if you want to change only Account Name, in addition to the common steps below, you just need to follow the 4 steps under the Changing Account (Full) Name title. However, to change User Name ( user folder name), also need to change ProfileImagePath registry key. How to Change Your Account Name and User Name?īoth Account Name and User Name are changed in the same window. If you're ready, let's start to change account and user (folder) names. However, most apps and programs will recognize the new path for user data automatically.
*Lastly, since some of your apps might look for their user data in the old User Folder path, you might encounter some errors. While Account Name means your full name appearing when Windows 11 starts or at the bottom of Start Menu, User Name or nickname is your User Folder Name under C:\Users directory.įor example, as you can see below, while my account name is " Muhammed Cetin", my user name is just " muham". How to Change Your Account Name and User Name?Īccount Name and User Name are different things.However, if you're looking to rename your PC, in other words changing your PC's hostname instead of changing your User Name or Account Name, you need to follow the tutorial in this link. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to change your User Name, also known as the User Folder Name, and Account Name on Windows 11 without being too wordy or going into unnecessary details.
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